Name	Miscanthus sinensis "Gracillimus" (Maiden Grass)
Hardiness	Zone 4
Light	Full sun
Height	4-5 feet
Bloom Time	September
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border.
Qualities	This cultivar has a very finely textured foliage.  The foliage is strongly channelled and shows a definite silvery midrib.  Upright and very arching.

Name	Miscanthus sinensus "Cosmopolitan"
Hardiness	Zone 5
Light	Full sun
Height	6-8 feet
Bloom Time	August
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border, dried flowers
Qualities	One of the best variegated maiden grasses to date.  Robust, wide leaves are heavily variegated with silver and green.  Silver variegation is down the sides of each blade.

Name	Miscanthus sinensus "Graziella"
Hardiness	Zone 4
Light	Full sun
Height	5-7 feet
Bloom Time	July
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border, dried flowers
Qualities	Showy silver-white flowers with delicate, arching, slender foliage.  Great especially for northern gardens.

Name	Miscanthus sinensus "Morning Light"
Hardiness	Zone 4
Light	Full sun
Height	4 feet
Bloom Time	August-October
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border, dried flowers
Qualities	Finely textured foliage with variegation down the center of each blade.  Light rose colored panicles in late summer and fall.

Name	Miscanthus sinensis "Purpurescens" (Flame Grass)
Hardiness	Zone 4
Light	Full sun
Height	4-5 feet
Bloom Time	July
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border, dried flowers
Qualities	Very hardy clump-forming grass which starts out green and turns flame red as the season progresses.  Magenta colored fans turn into silky white plumes in July.  Plumes have purple specks.

Name	Miscanthus sinensis "Siberfeder"  (Silver Feather Grass)
Hardiness	Zone 4
Light	Full sun
Height	6-10 feet
Bloom Time	Late summer
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border, dried flowers
Qualities	Very hardy with shimmering white plumes in late summer and fall.  Very striking when in bloom, and seed heads remain attractive through the winter.

Name	Miscanthus sinensis "Sieberfeil" (Variegated Miscanthus)
Hardiness	Zone 6
Light	Full sun
Height	5 feet
Bloom Time	August-September
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border, dried flowers
Qualities	Clean creamy white variegation with reddish purple fall flowers which turn tan as the season progresses.  Very striking textural interest.

Name	Miscanthus sinensis "Strictus" (Porcupine Grass)
Hardiness	Zone 5
Light	Full sun
Height	6 feet
Bloom Time	September
Uses	Accent, specimen, back of the border.
Qualities	The spiky, strictly upright foliage of this grass exhibits yellow bands similar to Zebra grass.  Very dense foliage with a stiff growing habit.

Name	Miscanthus sinensis "Cabaret"
Hardiness	Zone 5
Light	Full Sun
Height	4-6 feet
Bloom Time	August-September
Uses
Qualities	Wide ribbon-like leaf with clear bright white center stripe and dark green margins.  Opposite varigation from Cosmopolitan.  Copper flower heads fade to pink and then to cream.

Name	Miscanthus Little Zebra
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Qualities	A neat and tidy appearance, ease of maintenance, and reliable bloom makes this one of the most popular new ornamental grasses on the market.  Though it looks like Zebrinus with its distinctive gold banding, this variety is shorter, more upright, and keeps its color all season.  Little Zebra flowers reliably every year in late summer, even when the weather is unusually cool.  The lovely reddish purple plumes are held 1 foot above the foliage, then change to a creamy tan color in winter.